makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supercilious
split it like SUPER+CILI(sounds like SILLY)+o+US......now think of our SUPER SENIORs in our college . ..who were very ARROGANT IN NATURE..and were very keen to exhibit their superiority over us hence treated us in a very silly way..
but basically this word is taken from latin supercilium...which when splited means super + cilium means eyelid.....so moving your eyelid in a way which exhibit your pride......and arrogance...
SUPER+FEELious....whenyou feel that you are superior, you become showy,pompous ......
Supercilious = Super + chilly(ous) i.e. when we eat food with a Super amount (a lot of) of chilly we express contempt towards the person who cooked it.
Arrogant people think rest of the world is "super silly".
split the word
super+cilia+ ous: Cilia means hair.so supercilia can assumed to mean someone with lots of hair,long haired,john abraham wannabe's.These guy usually come of as arrogant.
super-chilli-ous
chilli means hot and can also be related to arrogant
super(above)+ cilia (hair): Think of a person's condescending, patronizing expression where he/she lifts one eyebrow up.
super+cilia. Cilia are TINY hairlike function of a cell, so if there is a SUPER CILIA in the group, he (cilia) will be haughty and mighty among others.
Supercilious : just a "Super- Silly-Ass " person...
iam SUPER...u are SILLY :P
supercilious
= super + cili (silly) + ous; i.e making unnecessary things.
You Wanna remember, use this-- "super silly ass " and you'll remember the basic sense of supercilious.
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